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Luke 17:4

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Chapter 17
Sin, Faith, Duty
1Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come.2It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.3So watch yourselves.
“If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”
5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

6He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

7“Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’?8Would he not rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”


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LeapOfFaaaith - (eBible Scholar) about 1 year ago.
Now here there seems to be a condition on forgiveness - forgive the person when he repents, even if he continues to do it. Here is my question, why is the forgiveness here reliant on the other's repentance, while in many other verses, our forgiveness of other's is not. (there are many places where God's forgiveness of us sounds conditional, like this) Reading the commentaries, They seem to focus on the unceasing compasion and grace toward those around us. Talk about hard. Also, preceding this verse, he tells us to be assertive and confront our brother if he sins against us. In concert with the other verses in the bible, I believe this supports my belief that we need to walk in forgiveness - especially because the other option is bitterness. But I do like the assertive confrontation part ;)
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Pearl_65 - (eBible Scholar) 4 months ago.
As many times as we sin, we need to keep repenting and asking for forgiveness. A repentent heart brings a clean slate in God's eyes.
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